Typical!

[john cumming]

Just sent my birds for a quick training toss on tuesday about 15 miles, weather conditions were perfect hens and cocks both back & in the loft in good time with the exception of one dark cheq cock, 5 hours later he appears and to my disgust his crop is torn open and his under carriage damaged he wont be racing again this year, he was my first bird home from the race on saturday only missing out on taking the red card by a decimal point ending third, never seems to happen to birds you dont have confidence in does it???

 

john

[OLDYELLOW]

if leaking when taking water on glue up , its a shame but at least he's made it home , i have two that wont race this year due to injuries

[john cumming]

it was leaking on tuesday but after cleaning the tear and leaving him for 48 hours he is on the mend and the leakage is practically stopped, these creatures are amazing how they manage to heal!!! if only humans were the same??

 

 

john

[OLDYELLOW]

it was leaking on tuesday but after cleaning the tear and leaving him for 48 hours he is on the mend and the leakage is practically stopped, these creatures are amazing how they manage to heal!!! if only humans were the same??

 

 

john

 

we don't heal as quick or mend as good or as fast as birds , they are truly amazing , hope yer bird bounces back

[eastcoaster]

if leaking when taking water on glue up , its a shame but at least he's made it home , i have two that wont race this year due to injuries

 

wish i had read this earlier ! just killed a cock tonight stitched him 3 times but still he was leaking (over three weeks ) his flesh seems to keep rotting away . he was in a bad way when he came home but had`nt the heart to top him after trying to get home .

[OLDYELLOW]

wish i had read this earlier ! just killed a cock tonight stitched him 3 times but still he was leaking (over three weeks ) his flesh seems to keep rotting away . he was in a bad way when he came home but had`nt the heart to top him after trying to get home .

if you can get ends together and keep locked up fer a few hours so glue dry's you will get a bit of rotten skin at edges but it soon repairs itself and heals well sometimes catgut rips through the crop doing more damage , at least you'l know for next time

[Dave barrie]

i hed a good wee red hen flew well the y/b program to ripon, came 2 days late, how she made it i dont know, was opened down her back and crop, looked like the hawk had been eating her but she got away, her wings were fine so she made it, i put her in a crate for the night hoping she would come to in the morning or be a bit more recovered from her ordeal only to find she was crappin out her back so her innards were destroyed, broke my heart to put her down, goes to show that the ones that dont home are not all bad doos.